Adam Bonin, Esq. to Receive 2018 JSPAN Social Justice Award

Adam is a skilled attorney whose career has been devoted to fighting for some of the causes most essential to a functioning democracy, such as free speech and fair election practices. He also gives generously of his time and talent by providing pro bono services to charitable and progressive causes and serves on the Boards of organizations such as Netroots Nation, the Garces Foundation, and JSPAN.Adam will be the organization’s 12th recipient of the award and joins the ranks of other esteemed awardees such as Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, Burt Siegel, and Mark Aronchick.

With great pride JSPAN bestowed its 11th Annual Social Justice Award on Hon. Allyson Y. Schwartz at a gala ceremony on May 12 at the Independence Visitor Center. Speakers npted her decades of dedication to serving the best interests of Pennsylvania’s families. Prior
to holding elected office, Schwartz was commissioner of the Philadelphia...

In addition to telling the traditional story, chanting prayers, and singing songs, Jews across the world use the Seder as an opportunity to ask, "What does the Exodus mean for us today?" Surely in 2016, the world-wide refugee crisis, mirroring so many moments in Jewish history, looms as a "must discuss" topic for our Seders. Click on the picture...

At its March 2016 Board meeting, JSPAN welcomed the leaders of three local immigration and refugee advocacy organiztions: Sundrop Carter, Director of Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC), Peter Pedemonti, Director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, and Judi Bernstein-Baker, (please click on photo for more text)...

The JSPAN Board recently met at the Shop Rite on Fox Street to learn about the community-centric work of Jeff Brown, President and CEO of Brown's Super Stores, and Atif Bostic, Executive Director of UpLift Solutions, a nonprofit established by Brown to "support food businesses, government, and nonprofits to create sustainable environments for...

A rare, borderline miraculous thing happened inside
Congregation Rodeph Shalom: a Republican and a Democrat not only jointly
identified a political problem, but also agreed upon a set of solutions. Perhaps
the true miracle would be if any of their ideas are ever adopted by Congress.

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WHAT IS JSPAN?

Founded in 2003, JSPAN focuses on domestic social policy issues. Through educational programs and advocacy, we engage in tikkun olam, repairing the world, in order to: • advance equality and opportunity for all in our pluralistic democracy • protect the Constitutional liberties and civil rights of Jews, other minorities, and the weak in our societyJSPAN invites everyone with a passion for the principles of social justice and a commitment to Jewish values to join us in seeking change that will ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone in our region and nation.

Over the years we have developed
policies and programs and taken action on: